REGULAR MEETING
The Fairbank City Council met in Regular Session on Monday, February 10, 2003. Mayor Welsh called the meeting to order at 6:02 P.M. Members present: Plaster, Suckow, Frost, Woods and Kayser. Also present: Ted Vorwald, Utility Superintendent; Dave Ryan, Assistant Public Works Director; Clarence Leyh, Police Chief; Jim Peters, City Attorney and Marlene Strempke, City Clerk.
Motion by Frost, second by Suckow to approve the agenda as presented. Roll call vote—Ayes: Frost, Suckow, Woods, Kayser and Plaster. Nays: None.
Motion by Kayser, second by Woods to approve the Minutes of the January 13th and 27th
, 2003 Regular Meetings. Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Woods, Suckow, Frost and Plaster. Nays: None.
Motion by Woods, second by Frost to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Roll call vote—Ayes: Woods, Frost, Kayser, Suckow and Plaster. Nays: None. Receipts for January were $134,790.21 and disbursements were $134,766.66. Balance on hand at close of business on January 31, 2003 was $753,364.93.
Motion by Woods, second by Plaster to enter into a contract with US Aquatics for pre-bid engineering for the new aquatic center at a cost of $54,000 contingent on references. Costs on additional services will be decided at a later date. A contract will be drawn up for the City Attorney’s review. Roll call vote—Ayes: Woods, Plaster, Kayser, Suckow and Frost. Nays: None.
Motion by Kayser, second by Woods to approve the Application for Renewal of the Liquor License for D & J’s Restaurant. Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Woods, Frost and Plaster. Abstain: Suckow.
Motion by Plaster, second by Frost to set the Public Hearing for the FY 2003-04 Budget for Monday, February 24, 2003 at 6:05 P.M. Roll call vote—Ayes: Plaster, Frost, Suckow, Woods and Kayser. Nays: None.
Employees taking time off will be paid only if they have comp hours built up to cover the time gone. If not, it will be time off without pay. A policy manual will be developed to define the policies and conditions for time off.
Motion by Suckow, second by Kayser to pay the bills as presented. Roll call vote—Ayes: Suckow, Kayser, Woods, Frost and Plaster. Nays: None.
Alliant Energy 24071.05
American Water Works Association 60.00
Apex Office Supply 80.85
Region 1 AWWA 18.00
B & K Automotive 44.80
Brian Coller 42.80
Burmeister Electric Company 689.50
BNY Midwest Trust Company 1076.42
Carrot Top Industries 87.00
Data Technologies, Inc. 1977.51
Don’s Truck Sales 297.25
Dunkerton Co-op 25.83
Electrical Materials Co. 210.47
Fairbank Community Club 20.00
Fairbank Food Center 3.55
Fairbank Plumbing & Heating 420.00
Farwest Line Specialties 322.38
HACH Company 113.30
Hub City Implement Co., Inc. 125.00
Iowa Prison Industries 801.40
Iowa Utilities Board 18.00
Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities 167.00
Iowa Telecom 421.28
Iowa Municipal Finance Officers Association 30.00
INRCOG 88.30
Keystone Laboratories, Inc. 251.00
Layne-Christensen Company 6356.00
Keven & Diana Gonzales 200.00
City of Fairbank 200.00
Bryan & Debra Manross 200.00
Lehmkuhl Oil Co., Inc. 212.00
Martelle Water Treatments 1131.00
Modern Building Products 197.56
National Waterworks 1497.74
Ohlin Sales, Inc. 92.50
Overhead Door Co. 315.80
Matt Parrott & Sons Company 42.83
James Peters, Atty 318.00
Pronto Market 620.77
Iowa Department of Public Health 60.00
Radio Communications co., Inc. 17.18
Oelwein Register 96.82
Sadler Electric 1948.00
Sandry Fire Supply, LLC 375.00
State Forest Nursery 144.00
Iowa State University 541.90
Sto-Cote Products, Inc. 239.99
TeKippe Engineering 406.00
US Filter 115.67
Utility Equipment Company 909.19
Ted Vorwald 8.97
Maurice Welsh 164.43
Woods Construction, Inc. 2027.50
Clayton Energy Corporation 24475.54
City of Fairbank 3490.70
Stamp Fulfillment Center 459.20
US Cellular 359.46
Northeast Iowa Regional League 10.00
Fairbank Postmaster 31.53
Hawkeye Fire & Safety Company 60.00
Delta Dental 216.58
Wellmark 3213.60
Iowa State University 675.00
Clayton Energy Corporation 5977.38
The Library Board approved the following bills on February 5, 2003:
Beverly DeNeve 108.00
Fairbank Library 25.00
Karen Teidt 66.87
Rite Price Office Supply 31.99
Gibson Specialty 14.40
Baker & Taylor 734.04
Book Look 105.81
Rourke Publishing 17.56
Walden Books 17.56
Consumer Reports 26.00
Motion by Suckow, second by Woods to adjourn at 7:03 P.M. Roll call vote—Ayes:
Suckow, Woods, Kayser, Plaster and Frost. Nays: None.
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Maurice Welsh, Mayor
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Marlene Strempke, City Clerk